sition is his language intelligible, that these Whigs voted as they did from selfish considerations, it is ^eeply to be lamented that a ^an almost idolizing truth, should have hazarded the declaration, that he had no doubt of their patriotic motives. We have' already noticed the frank admission of the American Review, a Whig organ, that on this occasidn the Whig members seemed more sohcitous about " personal popularity ^^ than for the cause of " truth AND RIGHT."
Subsequent developments have abundantly confirmed the intimations of Mr. Clay and of the Review. It has been shown by the declarations of certain Whig members of Congress, published in the newspapers, tlmt on the day war was ^declared, they were urged to vote for the bill, on the ground that " it would be had ^^olicy to op- pose the bill," and that this opinion was supported by a reference to the political fate of those who had opposed the war of 1812 against Great Britain. In a deliberate consent to sacrifice the peace of the country, to squander its treasures and its blood, and to trample under foot both truth and justice, from considerations of party policy, and for the purpose of acquiring personal popularity, and with it, office and its emoluments, it is not easy to detect those "patriotic motives'' which Mr. Clay very courteously and undoubtingly attributes to the Whig members who voted for the war.